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TikTok’s Irish probe into data transfers to China nears end

By Matthew Newman ( March 7, 2025, 16:38 GMT | Insight) -- Social media app TikTok is facing a potential fine in the coming weeks from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission following an investigation into possible transfers of users’ data to China, MLex has learned. A decision against TikTok would follow several years of privacy advocates’ and governments' concerns that the Chinese government could access data on individual users through TikTok. Social media app TikTok is facing a potential fine in the coming weeks from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission following an investigation into possible transfers of users’ data to China, MLex has learned....

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